1776 – 1st settlement in Ohio, in Marietta.
1827 – English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.
1891 – Nebraska introduces 8 hour work week.
1902 – Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms.
1922 – Warren G. Harding’s Interior Secretary, Albert B. Fall, leases the Teapot Dome oil reserves to Harry Sinclair, setting in motion what comes to be known over the next two years as the Teapot Dome scandals.
1927 – Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington, DC to NYC.
1940 – 7th Masters Golf Tournament: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280.
1940 – US Post Office issues first postage stamp of African American educator Booker T. Washington.
1949 – “South Pacific” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances.
1958 – Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line.
1964 – IBM announces the System/360.
1969 – Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
1969 – The Internet’s symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
1978 – US President Jimmy Carter defers production of neutron bomb.
1980 – Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis.
1990 – John Poindexter (National Sec. Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal.
1995 – Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike.
2001 – Mars Odyssey is launched.
2003 – US troops capture Baghdad: Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.
2014 – 34th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Notre Dame 63-53.
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